IBM s Journey with Open Source

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1 IBM s Journey with Open Source Open for Business Conference Draft 25Sep15 Adam Jollans, Program Director, Linux Strategy, IBM adam_jollans@uk.ibm.com 1

2 Apache 1998 Background IBM had developed its own HTTP server Market share of IBM HTTP server was very low WebSphere Application Server provided Java application support and needed an HTTP server Increasing interest in open source in IBM Research, IBM Development Labs, and IBM customers IBM initiatives Integration of Apache HTTP server into IBM products Collaboration with Apache developers to offer future upgrades 2

3 Community Participation How do you successfully participate in an open source community? Internal IBM Open Source study Why did open source communities work? What was the quality of open source code like? When and how should IBM participate in open source communities? Code is King Participation in open source source communities means writing code Linux Technology Center as hub for open source projects IBM programmers and engineers working on open source projects as part of the open source community, but funded by IBM Benefits are knowledge, influence, and inclusion of function 3

4 Linux 2000 Background IT market dominated by proprietary operating systems Growing adoption of Linux for backroom IT tasks Opportunity for Linux to become an enterprise operating system Multiple IBM server families Mainframe, Power, AS/400, x86 Opportunity for Linux to provide a unified operating system across IBM servers IBM initiatives Support for Linux across IBM Systems, Software, and Services Creation of Linux Technology Center including Linux kernel programmers Investment of $1B in Linux announced by Lou Gerstner Co-formation of OSDL (predecessor of Linux Foundation) with other IT leaders 4

5 Business Models How do you make money from free software? Wide variety of open source business models Distribution Service and Support Base plus enhanced versions Competitive displacement Halo effect Shared development costs Inclusion in products Cuddly toys 5

6 Eclipse 2001 Background IT developer market dominated by Windows Java developer market fragmented with multiple offerings IBM had acquired and further developed a good Java IDE Market share of IBM Java IDE was low IBM initiatives Open sourcing of IBM Java IDE code as Eclipse Development of ecosystem of Eclipse plug-ins by partners Co-formation of independent Eclipse Foundation Leveraging of Eclipse Rich Client Platform 6

7 Code Contributions to Open Source How do you successfully open source a product? Key Considerations Ownership of code Quality of code Market opportunity Differentiated function Open source license Community of contributors Governance and independent Foundation Business model 7

8 OpenStack 2012 Background Cloud IaaS dominated by Amazon, VMware and Microsoft Growing interest in open source IaaS OpenStack, CloudStack and Eucalyptus OpenStack developed and led by Rackspace and NASA IBM initiatives Addition of OpenStack programmers to Linux Technology Center Co-formation of independent OpenStack Foundation IBM announces intention to make its cloud software open source-based 8

9 Open Source Community Creation How do you successfully build a new open source community? Key Considerations Level playing field Broad community and vendor participation Strong technical leadership Governance and independent Foundation Conferences and education Market adoption and customer references Marketing 9

10 OpenPOWER 2013 Background Enterprise microprocessor market dominated by Intel / x86 IBM s POWER processor significantly more powerful POWER processor only for IBM servers with low market share IBM initiatives Discussions with hyperscale data centers on their requirements Addition of little-endian support to POWER8 Open licensing of microprocessor technology to partners Open sourcing of firmware and systems software Co-formation of independent OpenPOWER Foundation Initially Google, Tyan, Nvidia, Mellanox and IBM Now well over 100 members 10

11 Open Source beyond software Can the principles of open source deliver value beyond software? Potential Areas Open hardware Open knowledge Open education Open data Open collaboration Open government 11

12 More Open Source Projects Background Open Innovation increasingly important Cloud CloudFoundry, node.js, Big Data Hadoop, Spark, Virtualization KVM, Docker, Innovative companies use open source Google, Facebook, Twitter, IBM initiatives Over 500 IBM programmers and engineers working on open source projects Active IBM participation in over 100 open source projects Support to Linux and open source conferences and events Co-formation of independent Foundations Co-formation of Linux Foundation Collaborative Projects 12

13 Open Source Governance How does a big organization like IBM manage its open source activities? Open Source Project Office Use of open source software Access to open source code Participation in open source development Open source education Linux Technology Center Programmers and engineers working on open source projects Strategy Open source market opportunities and business investments 13

14 Standing on the Shoulders of Giants Service Oriented Architecture Social Business Open Cloud Architecture NO SQL OPEN CONTAINER PROJECT e-business Mobile Computing Big Data & Analytics Dynamic Cloud 14